Post-Game Events

Now that you've beaten the game...

After you've beaten the game, there are so many more options that open up to you throughout the Unova Region. I plan on covering them all in time, and will have this guide finished by October, but updates will be slower to this section so I can work on other things important to the site.

However, I've got a list of some of the things you can do now that you've beaten the game, so go on and check some of them out! Most notably, I'll list all of the Pokemon you can get, since there are a whole ton of new (and old) Trainers you can fight that it would turn this list into a huge page.

Swarming Pokemon change from day-to-day, and you can see on any of the bulletin boards between routes what area is being affected by a swarm. Go on over to that area and you'll be likely to run into a Pokemon that was previously inaccessible!

You'll first need to return to Victory Road, where that Zoroark blocked your path earlier. Now that you've beaten the game, you can proceed through into N's Castle, where you can fight N using either Zekrom L70 (Black 2) or Reshiram L70 (White 2).

After beating him, you'll return Zekrom or Reshiram into either the Light Stone or Dark Stone, which you can take to its home at the top of Dragonspiral Tower to have a chance to catch it.

Zekrom (Black 2) or Reshiram (White 2) are at level 70.

After catching it, you can return to the Giant Chasm's cave where Kyurem was to have another chance at fighting it, except this time, you can actually catch Kyurem. It's at level 70 now, though.

Once you've caught or beaten Kyurem, it will give you the DNA Splicers key item, which you can use to fuse Kyurem with Zekrom to create Black Kyurem or Kyurem with Reshiram to turn it into White Kyurem. You can use the item again to unfuse the two. Apparently you can't fuse to make both Black Kyurem and White Kyurem at the same time, though.

Catch Azelf, Mesprit, and Uxie!

After beating the game, a cavern will open up on Route 20 up a waterfall. Inside, you'll find Professor Juniper, and she witnesses the three lake sprites wander off. Once they've done that, you can go track them down to catch them.

Mesprit can be found on the top of the Celestial Tower and requires you to step on a certain spot directly south of the bell. It's at level 65.

Azelf can be found on Route 23, over by some stairs near the boulder puzzle. It's at the southern edge of the forest, to the southeast of a Hiker. It's at level 65.

Uxie can be found right outside of the Nacrene Museum. It's at level 65.

Get an Archen or Tirtouga!

In Nacrene City, you can enter the Museum and talk to Lenora and she'll give you either the Plume Fossil or the Cover Fossil, which you can revive into Archen and Tirtouga respectively.

There's also the Green Shard Move Tutor in Nacrene City, which has a lot of interesting moves, as well as the powerful Outrage.

Catch Latios (Black 2) or Latias (White 2) in the Dreamyard!

Over in the Dreamyard, east of Striaton City, you'll run into either Latios (if you're playing Black 2) or Latias (if you're playing White 2). They'll run off and force you to chase them down. They're at level 68 and are pretty nice. There's also a Soul Dew available after you've caught them.

Catch Regirock, Registeel and Regice in Clay's Tunnel!

Remember that tunnel that was closed off in Driftveil City? Well, you'll be able to enter it now, and it leads to Clay Tunnel. At the end of Clay Tunnel, you'll find Regirock after solving a puzzle (I'll explain this better later on). It's at level 65.

After catching/beating Regirock, it will unlock a Unova Link Key based on which version you're playing: the Iron Key is unlocked in Black 2 while the Iceberg Key is unlocked in White 2. These change the room that Regirock is in based on which Key is activated. You can use IR to transfer keys, too.

If you have the Iron Key (Black 2) activated, you'll be able to find Registeel at level 65.

If you have the Iceberg Key (White 2) activated, you'll be able to find Regice at level 65.

Catch Regigigas in Twist Mountain!

Bring Regirock, Registeel, and Regice down to the basement of Twist Mountain and you'll awaken Regigigas, who is at level 68.

Get a Shiny Gible or Shiny Dratini!

In Black City or White Forest, after beating Benga at the top of the Black Tower (Black 2) or the White Treehollow (White 2), you can return to Alder in Floccesy Town to find Benga visiting.

He'll give you a level 1 Shiny Gible if you beat the Black Skyscraper and Benga at the top. Benga uses a Latios L80, a Garchomp L80, and a Volcarona L80, making him very difficult to defeat.

He'll give you a level 1 Shiny Dratini if you beat the White Treehollow and Benga at the top. Benga uses a Latias L80, a Dragonite L80, and a Volcarona L80, making him very difficult to defeat.

Catch a Shiny Haxorus in the Nature Preserve!

After you've seen all of the Pokemon in the Unova Dex (297, not counting Victini, Keldeo, Meloetta, or Genesect), you'll be able to receive the License from Professor Juniper in Nuvema Town.

With that, you can talk to the attendant in the Mistralton Airport and she'll arrange for a plane to take you to the Nature Preserve, where you'll find a whole ton of interesting Pokemon in the wild.

Most importantly, though, you'll find a Shiny Haxorus at level 60 sitting there for you to catch. Nice!

Aspertia City

After you've beaten the game, you'll find yourself back where you started your adventure: in your bedroom in Aspertia City. As you leave your bedroom, your mom will approach you and will say that she's expecting a visitor. Not more than a moment later, a man appears and introduces himself as Professor Juniper! Cedric Juniper, that is — Professor Juniper's father. He'll then give you the upgrade to your Pokedex, enabling National Dex mode. From this point forward, all Pokedex #'s shown in your status screens and PC menus will be for the National Dex # instead of the Unova Dex #, although you can still see the Unova Dex #'s in your Pokedex if you shift between the modes. (Additionally, when you check out Amanita's PC after beating the game, you'll be rewarded with new box backgrounds you can use!)

He'll say some other stuff before leaving. Your mom will give you a present, though: two Max Revives!

Outside, you'll run into Hugh and his little sister, who thank you for helping return her Purrloin — well, Liepard now. She and Hugh tell you about a Zoroark that was spotted up on Victory Road. Hmm, very interesting.

A Heart Swarming Story!

Now that you've beaten Black 2 or White 2, you'll find that you can run into Pokemon Swarms on many of the routes or areas throughout Unova. If you visit any of the gates between routes and towns, pay attention to the scrolling text on the bulletin board: it'll tell you the location where there's a Pokemon outbreak!

The location always has the same Pokemon in it when there's a swarm there, but the location that there's a swarm in changes every day.

Here's a list of the areas and the swarming Pokemon you can run into if there's a Pokemon outbreak there:

Route 1: Farfetch'd

Route 3: Volbeat (Black 2) or Illumise (White 2)

Route 5: Natu

Route 6: Plusle (Black 2) or Minun (White 2)

Route 7: Furret

Route 8: Quagsire

Route 9: Swalot

Route 11: Masquerain

Route 12: Doduo

Route 13: Swellow

Route 15: Fearow

Route 16: Pineco

Route 18: Hoppip

Route 20: Sudowoodo (Black 2) or Mr. Mime (White 2)

Route 22: Ariados (Black 2) or Ledian (White 2)

Desert Resort: Hippowdon

Reversal Mountain (outer): Cacturne

Abundant Shrine: Slowpoke

Dreamyard: Hypno

There are a whole ton of things you can do at this point, but one thing you might want to do right away is return to Floccesy Town to fight a retired Pokemon League Champion. Don't worry, he isn't too tough, although will provide a nice challenge to get you fired up.

Floccesy Town

Return to Alder's house in the northwest part of town and you'll be able to challenge him to a battle. His Pokemon are a little tougher than Iris', but thankfully not by much, so he's a good opponent to fight right away to give you a warmup for some of the upcoming fights.

Boss Fight

PKMN Trainer Alder

$12400

Accelgor

Lv. 60

Conkeldurr

Lv. 60

Bouffalant

Lv. 60

Braviary

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Lv. 60

Escavalier

/

Lv. 60

Volcarona

/

Lv. 62

His team has a preference for Bug-type Pokemon, but also has a few other things to balance his types out. Fire-, Flying-, and Rock-type attacks are all generally good against his Pokemon, though. The Volcarona is definitely the star of his show, so watch out for it!

If you're having trouble taking him out, you're definitely going to want to train up your Pokemon, because there are even stronger Trainers and such up ahead. Make sure you use healing items to restore your Pokemon's HP, too, as his attacks provide a lot of type coverage.

After beating him, a young boy with similar hair will run in. It's Benga, Alder's grandson! He'll talk for a bit and then run off. Alder tells you that you can find him in either Black City or White Forest, depending on which version you're playing.

Castelia City

Now that you've beaten the game, you can return to Castelia City to do a few new things. The most important thing, though, is returning to Fennel and Amanita's lab in the 3rd floor of the building across from the Castelia Gym.

Talk to Amanita up there with a free space in your party and you'll be given a free Eevee! This isn't just any Eevee, though; it has its Hidden Ability, Anticipation. While that's not all that great of an ability for Eevee, it gains whatever Hidden Ability its evolution would have once it evolves, which gives you some very helpful possibilities.

Hidden Eeveelutions!

Curious which Eevee you should evolve yours into? Well, here's a look at all of the evolutions of Eevee's Hidden Abilities, which may make your decision easier:

Vaporeon gets Hydration, which heals it of any major status conditions at the end of the turn if the weather is rainy. This is very handy in conjunction with Rain Dance and Rest to boost its Water-type attacks' power while also fully restoring its HP with Rest should you want to heal it.

Jolteon gets Quick Feet, which raises its base Speed by 50% as long as it is affected by a major status condition. Since Jolteon's Speed is already very high, it's generally better off with its usual Volt Absorb ability.

Flareon gets Guts, which raises its base Attack by 50% as long as it is burned, paralyzed, poisoned, or sleeping. Since Flareon's Attack is already very high and you can't count on the foe hitting Flareon with a Fire-type attack to trigger Flash Fire, Guts is pretty nice on it, especially since the boost isn't just for Fire-type attacks.

Espeon gets Magic Bounce, which is probably the best of any of the evolutions' Hidden Abilities. It automatically reflects back the effects of all status-inducing attacks, things like Spikes or Stealth Rock, and stat-lowering attacks back to the attacker. It is far superior to Synchronize and is amazing in competitive battling as well as in-game skirmishes.

Leafeon gets Chlorophyll, which is a helpful ability for it since it doubles its base Speed while the weather is sunny. Leafeon is fairly quick, but could greatly benefit from the increased Speed. It can work in conjunction with Synthesis for a lot of quick healing.

Glaceon gets Ice Body, which heals its HP by 1/16 of its maximum after every turn. That's not all that much and it tends to benefit more from the increased evasion from its normal ability, Snow Cloak, instead.

This Eevee is available as a male-only.

While you're in Castelia City, you can also return to the Game Freak building on the eastern side of town to battle against Game Freak Morimoto and Game Freak Nishino again, except this time they'll use much stronger Pokemon against you! You can battle them each once a day, although due to their higher levels, you may not be in a position to challenge them right away.

Boss Fight

Game Freak Morimoto

$6240

Liepard

Lv. 76

Simisear

Lv. 76

Simipour

Lv. 76

Simisage

Lv. 76

Swoobat

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Lv. 76

Zebstrika

Lv. 78

He leads with his Liepard, which isn't all that much of a threat, but it does like to use Fake Out to start the battle with. Use an X Defend to soften the blow and set up for the next Pokemon of his, then finish it off right away.

Simisear, Simipour, and Simisage all know Payback, Acrobatics, and Crunch, giving them a variety of attacks to strike with. Simisear packs Flamethrower, Simipour packs Surf, and Simisage packs Energy Ball, and all of them hold a Petaya Berry, which will raise their Special Attack by one stage once their HP falls below 1/3, powering up their elemental attacks. Use your best efforts at type coverage, but keep in mind that Grass-type Pokemon to counter Simipour have to beware Acrobatics.

Swoobat isn't all that impressive of a Pokemon and it packs several Psychic-type attacks. A Dark-type Pokemon should have no trouble with it, as long as it can keep from getting hit with Air Slash's flinching. It does possess Endeavor to lower your HP down to its own level, although it shouldn't be too worrisome.

Lastly he has his Zebstrika, which has Pursuit, Wild Charge, Giga Impact, and Flame Charge to strike with. Wild Charge will hit pretty hard, doing just a little bit less damage than Giga Impact does. An X Defend early on against it will do a world of good. It has no solution to counter a Ground-type Pokemon and Ground-type attacks work great against it.

Boss Fight

Game Freak Nishino

$6240

Clefable

Lv. 76

Lickilicky

Lv. 76

Azumarill

Lv. 76

Wigglytuff

Lv. 76

Alomomola

Lv. 76

Snorlax

Lv. 78

Nishino's team consists of cuter, rounder Pokemon, plus they all hold the Leftovers. The first he leads with is his Clefable, which has a strange strategy. It likes to use Sing to put you to sleep, then stack up stat boosts with Cosmic Power, which raises its Defense and Special Defense by one stage each. Then, it strikes with the Psychic-type Stored Power, which has a mere 20 power, but hits for 20 more power for each positive stat gain. Using something like Screech or Metal Sound is a good way to counter its Cosmic Power.

The Lickilicky — like several Pokemon on his team — focuses on striking weak spots. It has the Grass-type Power Whip, Earthquake, Fire Blast, and Blizzard. Fighting-, Psychic-, Ghost-, and Dark-type Pokemon should have no trouble with it (same with fellow Normal-type Pokemon), although all of those attacks hit with very high power, so setting up a Light Screen or using an X Sp. Def could be helpful before you start striking. On the bright side, all of its attacks — aside from Earthquake — are fairly inaccurate, meaning you may get a turn where you're not damaged, giving you plenty more options.

Azumarill relies on the power boost from its Huge Power ability to double its Attack, giving it formidable attacking prowess. It packs Aqua Tail, Superpower, Double-edge, and Bulldoze, giving it a lot of type coverage. Grass-type Pokemon are your best bet against it, although a Water-type like Starmie that can shoot Thunderbolts at it is another effective way to go. Electric-type Pokemon on their own have to worry about Bulldoze, and Azumarill's bulk means you may not be able to knock it out in one or two hits.

Wigglytuff employs a similar strategy as Lickilicky, trying to hit whatever it can with powerful elemental attacks. It uses the more accurate variants, though, in the form of Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, and Flamethrower, so you can't even hope for the occasional missing. It also has Hyper Voice for some strong Normal-type damage against anything it can't hit with a Super Effective attack. Fighting-type Pokemon are the way to go, although a Rock-type Pokemon that isn't part Ground-type will do well against it, too.

Alomomola loves to stall you out with Toxic, then using Protect and Wish in conjunction with each other to heal HP every other turn and keep itself protected on the odd turns. Steel- or Poison-type Pokemon have nothing to fear from Toxic, though, crippling its strategy, although you'll still need to dish out enough damage to take it down, since it will do a lot of healing. Use X Attacks or X Specials to raise your attacking power while it uses Protect and Wish, then go in for the final blow after you've souped your power up enough. Debilitating it with Thunder Wave or putting it to sleep can also be effective.

Lastly, he has his Snorlax, which is a beefy Pokemon with high Attack power and great HP. It's a pain to take down and will hit you hard with its attacks. Body Slam is its most reliable, hitting hard and also having a good 30% chance to paralyze you. Superpower hits very hard, too, but it is generally nice when it uses it because it lowers its Attack and Defense afterwards, making it easier to take down. Crunch can also combat any Ghost-type Pokemon looking to exploit its weakness, while Yawn can put you to sleep if you don't switch out afterwards. If you have Full Restores to use, though, you can use those to restore your HP and wake your Pokemon up, which might be nice if you are using X Defends to soup up your stats.